Abhinav said:
yep 50mm 1.4 doesn't have nano ,but once nikon coats nano layer over one of its lens elements, I bet it will be priced for $1500 above hehe

Had to comment on the "price" of glass. In the 1960's I had two "F" bodies, and when I did the calculations, I paid about $2900 each for these in today's dollars. And the Gossen Luna Pro light meter... about $1500 in today's dollars. In other words, I worked about two and a half weeks to buy an "F" body, a week and a half for the meter. Anyone can do the math and see that the "bang for the buck" in today's equipment is pretty good.

Having said all that, OH MY GOSH, THESE LENSES ARE WAY TO EXPENSIVE!!

On to the subject.... mote the f/stop of some of the highest quality glass around..... the Leitz stuff... Summarit-S 70mm f/2.5 ASPH CS Lens for $6,000.00. And NOT VR. Admittedly, it has a shutter, but the Nikkor glass is not really out of line if one does this as a pro and hopefully gets something in return.

How timely. I was shooting yesterday p.m. and evening with the f1.8 50mm, portraits, and frankly, at my age my hands are a bit shaky. A few of my exposures show it (I ramped up the shutter to avoid it for the shoot).

VR would obviously help, but like jonnyapple, I'm chea..., conservative, at least in my purchases. If VR was added it would likely be added to a NOCT or at least a f1.4.

I would love to see someone make 50mm f1.0 NOCT Nikon made a 50mm f1.1 for Nikon SP around 1960 and a 58mm f1.2 NOCT, with Leica producing the only 50mm f1.0.... would love to shoot an f1.0 NOCT on my D3s